Galactic Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch
Galactic Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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Indications from Gaia data release 2 (DR2) are that the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB, a population II standard candle related to the helium flash in low mass stars) is close to -4 in absolute I magnitude in the Cousins photometric system. Our sample is high latitude southern stars from the thick disk and inner halo, and our result is consisten...
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Galactic Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2129789959
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2331-8422
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10.48550/arxiv.1811.00655
